Season 1 of Fits LA is sort of over. With Lester’s trial over, Episode 7 wanted an enormous second to maintain viewers excited in regards to the Fits spinoff. Sadly, “Good Occasions” didn’t ship. The episode had a touching second because it paid tribute to John Amos, an actor who lately died. Nonetheless, the remainder of the episode was a multitude, stuffed with weak subplots and no clear reply about the place the present can go from right here. With no renewal but, Fits LA must step up its recreation to maintain viewers .
Fits LA
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February 23, 2025
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NBC
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Aaron Korsh
Episode 7 Pays Tribute to the Late John Amos
In Episode 1 of Fits LA, Ted and Rick labored with real-life actor John Amos as he tried to get an audition. Amos died on August 21, 2024, earlier than the episode even premiered, and the present determined to handle this with Episode 7. Whereas Ted and Rick are in employees conferences at their companies, they obtain the information that Amos has died.
In honor of Amos, Ted and Rick exit for drinks. Amos was Ted’s first consumer and the primary consumer Ted shared with Rick, so he is fairly essential to the attorneys. They get drunk, and as they stroll out of the bar, Rick falls on a Hollywood Stroll of Fame star. He remarks to Ted that regardless that there are greater than 2,000 stars, John Amos does not have one. Throughout his drunk stupor, Rick additionally texts Erica, asking her out on a date.
The following day, Ted and Rick meet with a board member for the Hollywood Stroll of Fame. They get the board member to agree to provide John Amos a star, nevertheless it will not be positioned for 2 years. Ted will get upset, and the board member says that individuals like Denzel Washington and Beyoncé do not even have stars but. Ted as soon as once more name-drops that Denzel is his consumer and that the actor would not be the place he’s immediately if Amos hadn’t damaged floor for Black America.
After the assembly, Rick goes to speak with Ted. Rick says the board member will do the star in two years, however Ted’s not pleased with that and yells at Rick to do a greater job preventing for his shoppers. He later calls Rick and apologizes, saying that earlier than he went to see his dying father, Amos advised him to forgive his father. Amos additionally warned Ted that the lawyer was creating a brand new poisonous relationship with Rick and Stuart. With all of the apologies and outbursts from Ted the previous few episodes, hopefully an upcoming plot sends the lawyer to remedy.
The John Amos subplot wraps up with Ted and Kevin watching Good Occasions within the workplace. The present, created by Norman Lear, targeted on a poor household in Chicago and was an enormous break for John Amos, who performed the present’s father. Fits LA episode 7 can also be named after the present as a part of the tribute to John Amos. Whereas Ted and Kevin watch, Rick additionally follows up on his textual content to Erica, taking her to observe Good Occasions in one other workplace, the place Stuart joins. The theme to Good Occasions then performs in the course of the credit.
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Follow a Few Good Subplots, Please
Whereas the tribute to John Amos is touching, the remainder of the episode is a multitude. All of the characters get subplots that are not given sufficient time. The subplots begin with the employees conferences. At Stuart and Samantha’s workplace, Stuart broadcasts that he is assembly with a consumer named David Bowie, which turns the assembly into chaos as staff begin speaking in regards to the singer. Stuart isn’t assembly with the singer, although, as this Bowie hurts studio whistleblowers. Bowie tells Stuart that he needs to make use of Samantha’s credibility, and when Stuart asks Samantha, she says no. Stuart will get upset, nevertheless it’s often because he is been damage by Ted and simply needed to know Samantha can be at his aspect when wanted.
At Ted’s workplace, Kevin prepares to depart for New York. Earlier than he goes, Erica asks for his assist discovering one in all her mother’s childhood associates as a birthday reward. Kevin does and will get to fulfill Erica’s mother when she exhibits up on the workplace. When Erica and her mother go to dinner, Erica’s mother says that Kevin is in mourning and wishes one thing in his life. Erica then presents Kevin an workplace in LA, however he turns it down. He says he needs to work at his father’s detective company as a result of it is the one factor Kevin has left of his father. His father was there for Kevin when Kevin acquired kicked out of the FBI, which Kevin hints might need needed to do with Ted.
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Leah Energy, the younger lawyer, is about to signal a screenwriter as a brand new consumer. Nonetheless, this makes Leah take into consideration her personal goals of being a screenwriter, and he or she asks Ted’s secretary, Roslyn, for a sabbatical to discover this dream. Roslyn tells Leah she has 48 hours to resolve if she’ll pursue writing or proceed being a lawyer. Leah offers some pattern scripts to Rick to learn, however she makes use of the pen identify “Ezra Bridger” on the scripts. Rick later tells Leah that they weren’t nice and that he acknowledged the identify as a Star Wars character. He provides that the pen identify is an indication the author does not have what it takes. Leah then goes again to the brand new consumer and says that she’ll assist the consumer make modifications to her script to get it made. When Leah tells Roslyn that this acquired the consumer to signal, Roslyn is joyful as a result of she’s the one who satisfied Ted to rent Leah.
Aside from the John Amos plot, Ted will get a little bit extra time within the episode. After receiving Amanda Stevens’ assist in Lester’s trial, he asks her to be the brand new Head of Legal Protection at his agency. She says she’ll give it some thought. Flashbacks all through the episode additionally present extra of Ted’s relationship along with his father. Through the Pellegrini trial, Ted’s father says he is being investigated. Ted will get fearful that this investigation will wreck his personal profession, so he asks to prosecute his father. He additionally asks his father to testify towards Pellegrini to obtain witness safety.
‘Fits LA’ Wants Modifications Following Lester’s Trial
Apart from just a few good moments, like Lester’s trial and the John Amos tribute, the previous few episodes of Fits LA have been disappointing. With three episodes left within the season and the trial over already, it is unclear what occurs subsequent. If Episode 7 is any indicator, these three can be stuffed with jumbled plots. Whereas the present’s not over but, it seems like hope may be a misplaced trigger.
The collection wants to seek out its footing, however with no renewal but, it won’t have time. There was such nice potential with its option to deal with leisure regulation — characters might have handled points like copyright regulation, films getting scrapped as tax breaks, and extra. However these aren’t even potentialities if Fits LA cannot discover a option to get renewed.
The following episode of Fits LA premieres April 13 at 9 p.m. on NBC and can be out there to stream on Peacock.